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A Review of the Research and Proceedings of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration

Nathaniel PersilySenior Research Director

Review of the Goals Identified in the Executive Order

Promote the efficient administration of elections:

To ensure that eligible voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots without undue delay

To improve the experience of voters facing other obstacles in casting their ballots, such as members of the military, overseas voters, voters with disabilities, and voters with limited English proficiency.

How the Commission went about its work

Public Meetings and Hearings

Meetings with groups and organizations of election officials

Submission of testimony and other material through website: www.supportthevoter.gov

Subcommittee

Public Hearings

Initial Public Meeting – Washington, DC, June 21

Four public hearings

Miami, FL, June 28

Denver, CO, Aug. 8

Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 4

Cincinnati, OH, Sept. 19-20

Format

Election Officials

Academics and other Experts

General Public

Meetings with groups and organizations of election officials

The Heritage Foundation, the Brookings Institution, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Republican National Lawyers Association, the PEW Voter Information Project, Alaska Federation of Natives, the Asian-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, LatinoJustice-PRLDEF, the Military Voter Protection Project, FVAP, Overseas Vote Foundation, the Brennan Center, the National Council on Disability, and the U.S. Postal Service

Meetings discussed on public meeting conference call on November 14.

Assistance of Academics

Leadership:

Charles Stewart, Daron Shaw, Steve Ansolabehere.

About a dozen who presented research to commission

Conducted nationwide survey of local election officials

Specified Factors that Affect the Achievement of the Goals of the EO

Promote the efficient administration of elections:

To ensure that eligible voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots without undue delay

Management of polling place, poll workers and voter rolls

Voting machine capacity and technology

Ballot simplicity and voter education

Provisional ballots

To improve the experience of voters facing other obstacles in casting their ballots